1. Grievance Redressal Committees (GRC) will be constituted at Zonal/State level with both CGST and SGST officers and including representatives of trade and industry and other GST stakeholders (GST practitioners and GSTN etc.). These committees will address grievances of specific/ general nature of taxpayers at the Zonal/ State level.
2. Due date for GST annual return in FORM GSTR-9 and reconciliation statement in FORM GSTR-9C for FY 2017-18 to be extended to 31.01.2020.
3. Following measures would be taken to improve filing of FORM GSTR-1:
a. Waiver of late fee to be given to all taxpayers in respect of all pending FORM GSTR-1 from July 2017 to November 2019, if the same are filed by 10.01.2020.
b. E-way Bill for taxpayers who have not filed their FORM GSTR-1 for two tax periods shall be blocked.
4. Input tax credit to the recipient in respect of invoices or debit notes that are not reflected in his FORM GSTR-2A shall be restricted to 10% of the eligible credit available in respect of invoices or debit notes reflected in his FORM GSTR-2A. Recently, vide notification no 49/2019 dated 09.10.2019, the Govt. has restricted the ITCclaim of the invoices not appearing in GSTR-2A to 20% of eligible credit populated in the GSTR-2A report. That is, if invoice is not appearing in GSTR-2A, the tax payer has to calculate 20% of eligible ITC from GSTR-2A and claim the credit on provisional basis. The said limit, is hereby proposed to reduce to 10%.
5. The Council also considered the rate of GST rate on Woven and Non-Woven Bags and sacks of polyethylene or polypropylene strips or the like , whether or not laminated, of a kind used for packing of goods ( HS code 3923/6305) in view of the requests received post the changes recommended on such goods in last meeting and recommended to raise the GST to a uniform rate of 18%(from 12%) on all such bags falling under HS 3923/6305 including Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC). This change shall become effective from 1st January, 2020.
The Notification giving effect to the above recommendations is yet to be published by CBIC.
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